Felicite And Theophile De Fernig, French heroines, sisters, born at Mortagne, department of Le Nord, Felicite in 1776, Theophile in 1779. They distinguished themselves by bravery on many occasions, especially at the battles of Valmy and Jemmapes, having enlisted without their father's knowledge in a company of national guards which he commanded in 1792. Their services were officially recognized, and are commemorated in Lamartine's "History of the Girondists." Theophile, who had musical and poetical talents, died in Brussels in 1818. Felicite" became the wife of M. Van der Walen, a Belgian officer, whose life she had saved, and died much later.